Mailing-machine.



05R. MYERS v MAILING MACHINE.

APPLICATION FILED IuLY 23', I915.

THE COLUMBIA PLANOGRAPH cm, WASHINGTON. D. c.

Patented May 16,1916.

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0. R. MYERS.

MAILING MACHINE. APPLICATION FILED JULY 23. 1915.

Patented May 16, 1916.

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awmmtoz Shimmy! Witness O. R. MYERS.

MAILING MACHINE. APPLICATION FILED JULY 23', 1915.

Patented May1611916.

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1115 COLUMBIA PMNOQRAPH .CO-yWA SHINdTON, n. c.

0. R. MYERS.

' MAILING MACHINE.

I APPLICATION FILED JULY 23, I915- 1,18 3,7-55. Patented May 16, 1916.

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ORLANDO n. MYERS, or

QUINCY, ILLINOIS ASSIGNOB OF ONE-HALF T0 RO Y I-L I EWING, OF QUINCY, ILLINOIS. g

MAILING-MACHINE.

'7 Specification of Letters Patent. Patented May 16, 19I6.

Application fi1ed .Tu1y 23, 1915. Serial No. 41,575.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, ORLANDO -R.'MrERs, a citizen of the United States, resident of Quincy, in the county of Adams and State of Illinois, have made a certain new and useful Invention in Mailing-Machines; and

I declare the followingto be a full, clear, a

and exact descriptionof the same, su ch as will enable others skilled in the art to wh ch it appertains to make and use the invention,

reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and to letters or figures of reference marked thereon, whichform a part of this specification. v

Figure 1 is a side view of the invention as in use. Fig. 2 is a plan view of the inven tion. Fig. 3 is a central vertical longitudinal section of the same. Fig. l is a front view of the same with the movable knife lowered. Fig. 5 is a similar view with the movable knife raised. Fig. 6 is a detail fragmentary sectional View of the guide plate. 7 a

The invention has relation to mailing machines or labeling machines for newspapers or periodicals, for pasting thereupon the labels bearing the names and addresses of the subscribers, having for its principal objects the provision of an improved, compact and efficient machine, which willfeed and space the labels automatically and eliminate danger of buckling of the labeling strip and of pasting the label upon the paper or periodical out of, itsproper place, or beyond the margin of the paper. I

The machine is designed also for speed and accuracy.

The invention consists in the novel construction and combinationofparts, as hereinafter set forth. p

In the accompanying drawings, illustrating the invention, the numeral 2 designates the frame of the machine, including a reel casing or drum 3 at one end, a bottom plate 4, sidewalls 5, 5 and a longitudinal handle 7 overlying a paste box 6 and usually carried by an upturned lug 8 of the drum and a lug 10 of a cross-bar 11 connecting.

forward uprights 12,120f said frame.

. Upon the forward portion of the bottom plate, adjacent to'the paste box, is located a pair of upper and lower feeding rollers 14,

14, having journal bearings in enduprights I 15, and close to said rollers and also carried by said end uprights, through the medium of end enlargements or lugs 15 .of the forkedrest hereinafter referred to, is the statlonary member 16 or jaw of a shearing knife,- said. member having its upper or knife edge about in line with the joint between the rollers. The end uprights have a bottom. connection, resting upon the floor of the main frame and reinforcing the same.

The movable memberxor jaw 17 of the shearing knife is carried at one end, at 18, by a lateral rock shaft 18, having bearings inextensions 19 of theframe, saidlmife being normally held in elevated position by suitable means, usually a coiled spring 20 upon the shaft 18, and the movable knife member is pressed in yielding manner horizontally toward the other member by a spring 20, engaged at one end with the shaft 18 and extending substantiallyparallel with said member. In ordertoset the movable member accurately with relation tothe fixed knife member, the movable member-is allowed a slight lateral movement with relation to its rock shaft, and aset-screw 23 is provided, said screw being carried by a lug extension 24 of the lateral shaft and bearing against thepivotal end portion of the.

movablermember. And inorder to insure that themovable member, upon the upward stroke, shall not interfere with the fixed member, a set-screw 22, carried at the free end of the movable member, has engagement with a bumper cam 22 of the frame, to throw. said member outwardly at the end ofv the downward stroke, and to maintain the outthrown position until the member is moved upwardpast the'bottom of the fixed member.

An operating shaft 24, extends trans versely of the machine, having bearings in the upper portions of the end uprights, said shaft having asuitable, handle 25 and a mutilated gear 26, meshing intermittently with the uppergear 27 of the enmeshed gears 27,27 upon the shafts of the feed rollers, said shaft 24: having also bevel gear 28, meshingwith bevelgear 28? upon the shaft 30of cam 30, bearing against the upper edge of and'operating the movable knife member, said shaft having bearings in a cross-bar 32, connecting the upper portions of the end uprights.

forked restfincluding a slender bar 33 at Carried also by the "end uprights is a forward projecting each side and a cross-bar connecting the lateral bars and'carrying the end lugs 15, said cross-bar being located above the bottom of the frame 15 and immediately under the stationary knife member.

The paper upon which is imprintedthe names and addresses is located in the end drum, upon a transverse shaft 35, and the strip of paper therefrom passes from the reel, under guide rod 36 at the inner lower end of an inclined guide plate 37 overlying the rear portion of the paste-box, said paper strip passing from saidrod over the top of the paste roller 38, over a corrugated scraper rod 39 and thence downwardly-between the feed rollers and over the stationary member of the shearing knife to: the mail matter.

.In operation, thelongitudinal handle is grasped with the one hand and the forward edge of the frame brought against the pile of 'mail matter, the forward projecting forked frame resting upon the mail matter and taking the weight of the machine, the feed rollers being located in rear of and the cutting mechanism and forked frame above said forward edge; The labeling strip 39 having been adjusted to position with relation to' the paste roller, feed rollers, etc, the operating crank is turned to intermittently operate the feed rollers and raise and lower the movable member of: the knife, said movable'member having afiat lower surface and acting as a presserfoot to stamp the gummed label to the newspaper or magazine. As each label is out and stamped-to'place upon the topmost magazine or piece of mail matter, a helper or boy pulls orjerks the same from under the machine, which is operated continuously to place the labels upon the successive periodicals or newspapers.

Itis preferred that the inclined guide plate shall be composedof upper andlower members, suitably secured together and spaced apart at each side for sliding engagem'e'nt withgl ides 40'. The lower feed roller 43, .Thelower feed roller has arplurality of annular grooves 4A, to allow sufficient paste to remain upon thelabel strip for proper adherence. The scraper rod 39 has a plurality -of annular groovestherein, for the same reason. A wire devicei5 is carriedby crossbar 46 of the rest bars 33, and overlies the fixed knife member about centrally thereof,

to prevent undue adherenceof the label to saidmember. In order to stopmovement of the labelstrip upwardly with the movable knife member,'wire 47 is provided, above reel, a paste roller, feed rollers, a stationary knife, a pivoted presser-foot knife, a rotary operating shaft having bearings in said frame and located above and parallel to the feed rollers, and means in driving connection with said -shaft for actuating said feed P rollers intermittently to space the labels and for actuating said pivoted knife 2. In a mailing machine, a frame, a label reel, a paste roller, feed rollers, a stationary knife located adjacent to the joint between the feed rollers, a pivoted presser-foot knife, and hand operated means for actuating said feed rollers intermittently to space the labels and for actuating said pivoted knife, including intermeshing gears upon the feed rollers, a rotary shaft located above and parallel to the feed rollers and having bearings in said frame, a mutilated gear upon said shaft intermittently engaging the upper of said gears, a rotary cam engaging the pivoted knife, and intermeshing bevel gears upon the cam shaft and said rotary shaft, for operating said cam.

3. In a mailing machine, a frame having end uprights and a cross-bar connecting the same, a label reel, a paste roller, feed rollers, a stationary knife, a pivoted presser-foot knife, and hand operatedvmeans for actuating said feed rollers intermittently to space the labels and for actuating said pivoted knife, including intermeshing gears upon the feed rollers, a rotary operating shaft located above and parallel to the feed rollers and having a bevel gear and bearings in said uprights, a mutilated gear upon said shaft intermittently engaging the upper of said gears, a rotary cam having a shaft pro vided with bearings in said crossbar, and a bevel gear in meshwith the bevel gear upon said operating shaft.

4;. In a mailing machine, a frame, a label reel, a paste roller, feed rollers, a stationary knife, a pivoted presser-foot knife, a rotary operating shaft having bearings in said frame and located above and parallel to the feed rollers, means in driving connection with said shaft for actuating said feed rollers intermittently to space the labels and for actuating said pivoted knife, and means for throwingsaid pivoted knife outwardly at the end of its downward stroke andfor maintaining the outward thrown position thereof until it is moved upwardly pastthe bottom of the stationary knife.

5. In a mailing machine, a frame, a label reel, a paste roller, feed rollers, a, stationary knife, a pivoted presser-foot, knife, a rotary operating shaft having bearings in said frame and located above and parallel to the feed rollers, means in driving connection with said shaft for actuating said feed rollers intermittently to space the labels and for actuating said pivoted knife, and means for throwing said pivoted knife outwardly at the end of its downward stroke and for maintaining the outward thrown position thereof until it is moved upwardly past the bottom of the stationary knife, including a set screw at the free end of the pivoted lmife and a bumper cam upon the frame.

6. In a mailing machine, a frame, a label reel, a paste roller, feed rollers, a stationary knife, a pivoted presser-foot knife, a rotary operating shaft having bearings in said frame and located above and parallel to the feed rollers, means in driving connection with said shaft for actuating said feed rollers intermittently to space the labels and for actuating said pivoted knife, said pivoted knife having slight lateral play upon its pivot shaft, and a set screw upon an extension of the pivotal shaft of said knife and 1 bearing against the pivotal end of the knife to set the same with relation to the station- ORLANDO R. MYERS.

Witnesses:

CARL E. EPLER, CHAS. E. BOWERS.

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